Tag Archives: social media

Carrington Malin

Facebook adds 1 million more Arabic users

Facebook’s Arabic platform has added 1 million new users during the past three months, showing important trends in Facebook’s changing MENA demographics. Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

Media consumption & habits of MENA Internet users

Scroll down the page for survey download links The figures in our new Media Consumption & Habits of MENA Internet Users Survey simply confirm what everyone involved in the Middle East’s growing digital marketing industry has already been talking about … Continue reading

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Alexander McNabb

When social media programs grow up…

I’ve been doing quite a lot of speaking at ‘online’ conference events and workshops recently (this will surprise nobody who knows me) and consequently meeting a lot of people who are experimenting with social media within their organisations. It’s something … Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

10 social media myths exposed

To our delight, more and more Middle East brands are looking seriously at using social media in their communications and making efforts to plan, structure and invest in strategic activities. It’s no secret that Spot On PR is a big … Continue reading

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Alexander McNabb

Facebook bigger than newspapers? So what?

With Facebook hitting 15 million users in the Middle East & North Africa, more people subscribe to Facebook than get the newspaper. But what does that mean exactly? Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

15 Million MENA Facebook Users – Report

Facebook has become a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East and North Africa 15 million users in the region. Read more in Spot On PR’s MENA Facebook Demographics Report (May 2010). Continue reading

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Alexander McNabb

Night of the anonyhaters

Some people wearing a mask of anonymity, believe they face no consequence for their actions, are capable of remarkable cruelty. What should you do if these are aimed at you or your brand? Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

Are you engaging the right fans?

As a communications and marketing agency that helps run a number of social media programs, we spend quite a lot of time looking at Middle East social media marketing campaigns from around the region. It’s still early days, but the … Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

What happened to all our fans?

Last night Facebook changed some of the terminology on Spot On PR’s Facebook page. It’s something that has been talked about for the past few weeks (see Mashable story from March) and is being rolled out across Facebook and organisation’s … Continue reading

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Carrington Malin

Does online marketing scare you?

Things are looking up for the online marketing community. Recent surveys and media reports widely credit the region’s online advertising spend to be growing fast and becoming increasingly important to more and more people. Although last year was a difficult … Continue reading

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